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Mesoscale Discussion 327

April 13, 201919 counties in Alabama; 9 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 13, 2019, 5:04 PM CDT for 19 counties in Alabama; 9 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 13, 2019, 5:04 PM CDT (22:04 UTC)
Expired: Apr 13, 2019, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 40%

All 28 counties

Autauga County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Shelby County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Clarke County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Winston County, MS

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Tornado Watch 55Apr 13, 7:10 PM CDT

The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 13, 12:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Attala, Carroll, Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Holmes and 10 more	2 hr
Apr 13, 2:20 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adams, Amite, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Claiborne and 24 more	10 hr
Apr 13, 3:39 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds, Humphreys and 7 more	96 min
Apr 13, 4:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Claiborne, Hinds, Issaquena, Madison, Warren, Yazoo	55 min
Apr 13, 6:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Attala, Leake, Madison, Yazoo	62 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2019 Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2019 Every mesoscale discussion in 2019

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.